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No. 287,529. Patented Oct. 30, 1883.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFEICE.

HENRY FREDRICK, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION Iforming part of Letters :Patent No, 287,529, dated October 183,

' Application filed J' une 9, 1883. (No model.)

`To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be itknownthat I, HENRYFREDRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of VN ew J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Faucets and Hydrometers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it'appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. x

The object' of this invention is to provide a water-meter of increased utility and lconvenience, to Ireduce the cost of constructing said meters, and to perfect the same, so that they will be enabled to measurethe flow of water or other liquid with greater accuracy.

The invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the claims.

' Referring to the accompanying drawings, in

- which similar letters of reference indicatelik'e parts in each of the figures, Figure lis a vertical section of a` device embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken through line x.

In said drawings, a is a meterAbox formed in connection with the faucet b and spout c, said box and spout being of one integral casting. Within said box is arranged a water-actuated wheel, d, having curved tubular arms tapering as they approach their outer extremities, whereby a slight flow of water therethrough causes the wheel to'revolve and the registering mechanism to be operated, the water as it teeth may be'either cast integral with the box or be of a vseparate piece or pieces. receives suitable diaphragms, f l(/,wherebysaid box is divided into the chamber h to receive The boxer the indicating mechanism, the chamberi to receive the leakage from the wheelchamber, and said wheel-chamber. rlhe diaphragm f rests upon the topV of the box a, has a depending k is a shaft,which connects the waterwheel p with the indicating mechanism arranged in the chamber h, but which, being of the usual construction, is not shown. Said shaft works in suitable bearings, s, inthe diaphragms,which flare, as shown, conical collars tlbeing formed` on or in connection with the shaft,lwhereby VAtight joints may be maintained.

The wheel d revolves on a journal, Z, which is screwed into and projects from the-bottom of the box a. VSaid journal is tubular in form, has a peripheral groove, p, thereon, into which water is forced, whereby the action of the wheel d is facilitated, and is provided with the inletport m and exit-ports n, the former of which ports connects with the faucet-pipe o.

' By the construction thus described the amount of water being used will be apparent at all times, so that waste may be prevented.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In 'awater-meter, the water-wheelhaving curved and tapering tubular arms, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. f In a water-meter, the combination, with the wheel d, having the curved and tapering tubular arms, of the tubular journal having the peripheral groove therein, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. In a water-meter, the box a, tubularbearing Z, having the peripheral groove therein, and water-wheel, all arranged and operating in combination, as set forth.y

4. As an improved article of manufacture,

the water-meter l composed of a meter-box, a, V

I3 Water-Wheel with the indicating mechanism,

all said parts being arranged and operating substantially as and for the 'purposes herein set forth and shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of I5 HENRY FREDRICK. 'itnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, F. F. CAMPBELL. 

